Improvement in egg-beaters



M. D. HAMBLE. IEIgg-Beauzerl No. 205,859. Patented July 9,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVIN D. HAMBLE, OF MARSHALLTOVN, IOIVA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN EGG-BEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,859, dated July 9,1879; application filed December 14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MELVIN D. HAMBLE, of Marshalltown, in the county ofMarshall and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Egg-Beaters, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improved egg beater; and consists in thedevices hereinafter particularly described.

The object of the invention is to provide a convenient implement forbeating eggs.

Figure l is a face view of the invention, with the barrel shown indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a bottomview of the eggbeating devices.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the barrel, which is providedwith the top or cover B, at the center of which is pro vided the openstand D, upon one side of which is journaled the crown gear-Wheel E,having the crank-handle a. The teeth of the gear E engage a pinion, F,that works in an aperture, b, in the stand, and is rigidly secured tothe upper end of the shaft H, which extends downward through the cover,having secured to its lower parts the beater I, made preferably of wire,formed into elongated loops cl, which alternately approach and recedefrom the shaft. These loops d form the arms ofthe beater, and stand inthe same vertical plane with each other and with the shaft H.

To the under side of the cover B, on each side of the shaft H, aresecured the upper ends of the stripper L. These ends extend downward,and are formed into a rectangular frame of suflicient size to permit thebeater to rotate within it, the lower central parts of the frame beingtwisted, or otherwise suitably arranged,

to form the lower bearing for the shaft H.

The sides of the frame L are connected by the rods M, which are bowed attheir center, and pass through the loops alternately on opposite sidesof the shaft H, being so spaced as to permit the loops d to pass freelybetween them, they operating as strippers to the loops when the beaterrevolves.

The operation is effected simply by placing the material in the barrel Aand rotating the shaft H. This causes the rapid revolution of the beaterI, which operates upon the material, striking it violently and causingit to come in Violent contact with the stripper, producing an agitationthat thoroughly aerates the material, thus effecting the operation ofbeatin g.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an egg-beater, the shaft H, provided with the beater I, composedof the series of loops d, as shown, in combination with the stripper L,the sides of which are connected by the rods M, passing through theloops d, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an egg-beater, the stripper L, secured to the cover B, and havingits sides connected by the rods M, each alternate one passing onopposite sides of the vertical shaft H, in combination with the beaterI, composed of the open loops d, all being arranged substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in egg-beaters, asabove described, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of September,1877 MELVIN D. HAIVIBLE.

Witnesses:

J As. L. CALDWELL, WM. J. HUsToN.

